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Housing, Park Proposals Collide in Chelsea

By

Joseph De Avila

June 7, 2011

A small patch of property in the Chelsea section of Manhattan has stirred up a dispute between neighbors pushing for new park space and other community members who planned to use the lot for a housing development for middle-income families.

The site was previously occupied by the city's Department of Sanitation, which recently left the site on West 20th Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues. The department had used the site for office space and a parking lot